Taita Line

Taita Line
A JR Central KiHa 75 series DMU on the Taita Line in March 2015
Overview
Native name	太多線
Type	Regional rail
Locale	Gifu Prefecture
Termini	Tajimi Mino-Ōta
Stations	8
Operation
Opened	1926
Owner	JR Central
Technical
Line length	17.8 km (11.1 mi)
Number of tracks	Single
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None

The Taita Line (太多線, Taita-sen^?) is a 17.8 km railway line in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Tajimi Station in the city of Tajimi via Kani to Mino-Ōta Station in Minokamo. The name of the line includes a kanji from each of the terminal stations.

During the day, service operates at approximately 30 minute intervals. In addition to trains running between Tajimi and Mino-Ōta Stations, there are also trains that enter the Takayama Main Line and run through to Gifu Station. During weekday morning and evening rush hours and on Saturday mornings, a train serves commuters by going to Nagoya Station.

The line traces its origin to the Tōnō (Eastern Mino) line, an 11.9 km, 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge railway that opened in 1918. The section from Shin-Tajimi to Hiromi Station was nationalized in 1926, named the Taita Line, and regauged to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), and extended to Mino-Ōta in 1928.

Passenger trains were replaced by DMUs in 1934, and steam locomotives ceased operating on the line in 1969. From 1 April 1987, with the privatization and division of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) into regional companies, the Taita Line became part of JR Central.

CTC signalling was commissioned in 1993.